Digital Scientific Project Manager (Biotech)
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there's no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that's the kind of work we want to be part of.
The Digital Commerce organization at Lonza's Capsule & Health Ingredients (CHI) is driving a digital transformation and is seeking a highly skilled Digital Scientific Project Manager with expertise in product formulation or business development to own the creation of digital products for capsule and ingredient solutions. This role is remote; however, our ideal candidate will be located on the East coast.
In this strategic role, you will be responsible for running the scientific and content aspects of key digital products, ensuring it aligns with both customer needs and business objectives. You will demonstrate your knowledge of formulation science or pharmaceutical experience to guide the creation of accurate, scientifically validated content for the digital products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will supervise the integration of the right product information, ensuring it aligns with industry standards and regulatory guidelines.
This position requires a blend of scientific expertise and project management skills, as you'll coordinate across departments to bring together formulation data, customer requirements, and market trends. You'll help craft the content and structure of the digital products, ensuring it delivers reliable, scientifically sound, and tailored solutions for customers. Your ability to handle timelines, resources, and collaborator expectations will be key to ensuring the successful launch and continuous improvement of this meaningful tool. This role is ideal for a scientist, business development professional, or pharmacist with strong project management abilities, passionate about bridging scientific formulation with business-driven solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Curate and validate content for digital products, ensuring scientific accuracy, alignment with customer requirements, and adherence to industry regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, GMP, EU regulations).
Collaborate with R&D, formulation, and business development teams to provide scientific guidance on ingredients, formulations, and product combinations, ensuring their accurate representation.
Lead the development and enhancement of key digital products, overseeing project timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and cross-functional teams (including R&D, marketing, sales, regulatory, and quality).
Ensure compliance with global regulatory standards, including safety, quality, and labeling requirements, and work closely with the regulatory affairs team to ensure formulations and ingredient usage adhere to applicable laws.
Coordinate cross-functional collaboration, acting as a liaison between scientific, digital, and business teams to ensure the digital products are scientifically sound, user-friendly, and meet business goals.
Manage project timelines and resources, ensuring on-time delivery of the digital products while balancing scientific objectives and business needs, including overseeing the budget and tracking project milestones.
Maintain stakeholder engagement by providing regular project updates, progress reports, and addressing potential risks, challenges, and scope changes throughout the project lifecycle.
Drive continuous improvement of the digital products by evaluating customer feedback, integrating scientific advancements, and staying up to date with industry trends to enhance functionality and content.
Support marketing and sales efforts by helping to communicate the value and capabilities of the digital products to customers, assisting in the development of targeted messaging, and contributing to educational materials.
Key Requirements:
Strong analytical skills in data analysis, ensuring scientifically sound product recommendations.
Expertise in regulatory compliance and knowledge of global standards for product development.
Proficient in conducting cost-benefit assessments to evaluate project feasibility and impact.
In-depth understanding of formulation science for developing accurate and effective product solutions.
Ability to curate scientific content that meets customer needs and complies with global standards.
Proven experience in project management, with the ability to oversee the entire project lifecycle.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams.
Experience in scientific content development, ensuring content is accurate and aligns with industry standards.
Ability to manage the development and ongoing refinement of product recommendations.
Effective communication and leadership skills to guide teams through complex scientific projects.
The ideal candidate will be geographically located in the East coast or Midwestern US. Approximately 10% travel required, including internal meetings and industry conferences.
Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically. People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.
The full-time base annual salary for this Remote position is expected to range between $100,000.00 and $170,000.00. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including the successful candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and job-related knowledge. Full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package including performance-related bonus, medical and dental coverage, 401k plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off (PTO), and more.
Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
